Comparison

Rail Lands vs TrainLand

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Rail Lands

Build and manage your own railway empire in this idle simulation game. Collect resources, construct buildings, and expand your network to become a tycoon. Enjoy a relaxing train journey with simple, one-touch controls.

Highlights
  • Idle empire building
  • Resource collection (gold, wood, stone)
  • Train station development
  • One-hand control
  • Hundreds of buildings and levels
  • Territory exploration
Features
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Rail Lands is one of the idle games, where you need to explore all about trains and developing your own business! Become a railway tycoon and enjoy a beautiful train simulator journey! Develop your city train station with city & train buildings and produce various products. You need to collect gold, wood and stone, spread the railway. After connecting to the railway, the train will start passing and run. You can get your revenue. To start to build your idle empire and become a tycoon capitalist, you need only one finger! Touch the screen and manage pocket tiny capitalist builder. He helps you to develop your railroad and all management game. Get gold and stones, chop trees, send your idle train from the platform and expand your lands! Rail Lands game tycoon features: - Simple and intuitive gameplay - One-hand control - Nice graphics - Hundreds of buildings and levels - Interesting game mechanics Explore new territories, establish your own railway station empire, coordinate and transport your trains according to your own simulator strategy! If you are a fan of idle management games, you’ll definitely fall for Rail Lands!

About

TrainLand

Build and operate custom 3D trains through diverse landscapes. Collect coins to unlock new train cars and freely combine them to create unique Shinkansen and local train formations. Enjoy manual or automatic control modes with multiple camera views.

Highlights
  • Custom train building
  • Diverse 3D landscapes
  • Manual and auto control modes
  • Multiple camera views
  • Coin collection for upgrades
  • Interactive environments
Features
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Various trains, including Shinkansen and local trains, run through diverse landscapes such as railroad crossings, tunnels, bridges, depots, stations, elevated tracks, snowy mountains, autumn foliage, and cherry blossom-lined roads, all in a cute, slightly deformed style. Collect coins to get new train cars and create your own favorite train You can freely combine and link Shinkansen and regular trains to run your custom train. Enjoy two modes: the Mascon mode, where you manually control the speed using the master controller, and the Auto mode, where trains run automatically. As the train departs from the station, it passes through crossings, bridges, tunnels, depots, and more. Trains run through a variety of beautiful sceneries. Use Joy-Con and zoom buttons to enjoy different camera angles. You can also switch between three camera views: driver’s seat, window view, and rear-view camera. Use coins and hearts collected during the run to open Train Boxes and collect new train cars. Freely link the cars you’ve collected and run them. The "Random Change Button" allows your train to temporarily transform into a formation including cars you don’t yet own. This is a train game where you can freely connect trains like Shinkansen and local trains. The 3rd and 4th cars can be connected face-to-face by linking a front car and a rear car. There are various scenes including crossings, tunnels, bridges, depots, track junctions, stations, and elevated rails. Trains travel through various sceneries including cities, countryside, snowy mountains with falling snow, autumn mountains with falling leaves, cherry blossom roads with petals floating in the air, mountains, seaside, and riverside landscapes. Tap giant landmarks such as towers and Buddha statues in town to get coins. Not only trains, but roads are also filled with various vehicles such as sedans, sports cars, mini cars, trucks, dump trucks, and heavy machinery. Tap them to get coins. In the sea, there are boats, whales, sharks, dolphins, and even monsters. Tap them to collect coins. People and animals appear along the station and roads—tap them too for coins. Try tapping various objects Complete a loop from the starting station to earn hearts, especially by stopping at many stations. At junctions, you can freely switch tracks. There are 10 stations, and depending on your path, you can stop at up to 8. Get a special bonus based on how many stations you stop at in a full loop. Enjoy exploring many different courses During the train’s journey, the “Random Change Button” will appear. Tap it to randomly change your train’s formation temporarily. There are three types: “Complete Shinkansen,” “Complete Local Train,” and “Mixed.” You can view trains that include cars not in your collection. Sometimes tapping the button will also earn you coins. Coins and hearts will pop out of the train—make sure to grab them We also plan to add cargo trains, steam locomotives, and maglev trains in the future. All types of train cars in the Train Box—whether front, middle, or rear—are randomly selected with equal probability. We will continue adding new cars, so please look forward to future updates You can earn coins to open Train Boxes via login bonuses, arriving at stations, or watching ad videos. Complete a loop around the course to earn hearts based on the number of stations stopped at. Hearts can be exchanged for coins. Hearts and coins pop out from trains and float around the tracks, so don’t miss them. There are still many ideas we plan to implement—please look forward to more updates

Screenshots

Rail Lands4 screens
TrainLand4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TrainLand at 70% against Rail Lands's 39%. TrainLand also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Rail Lands's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 14) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TrainLand holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rail Lands has 1.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Rail Lands's written reviews are positive against 70% of TrainLand's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rail Lands versus TrainLand: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRail LandsTrainLand
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.4% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB317 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAI Games FZhiroyuki uchida

Customer experience

Rail Lands

All ratings1,095 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral18.3%
Negative42.3%

TrainLand

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Rail Lands

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • New level not available
  • Ads cause game to crash
  • Progression resets to beginning

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to remove ads
  • Implement a mini-map
  • Improve sync/cloud save functionality
  • Add graphics/performance options

TrainLand

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Rail Lands

No in-app purchases

None

TrainLand

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rail Lands free?
Rail Lands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrainLand free?
TrainLand is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rail Lands or TrainLand?
TrainLand is rated higher. Rail Lands averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while TrainLand averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Rail Lands or TrainLand have ads?
Both Rail Lands and TrainLand show ads.
Which is updated more often, Rail Lands or TrainLand?
Rail Lands ships an update every 3 weeks, and TrainLand every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rail Lands was updated on October 25, 2026 and TrainLand on October 19, 2026.

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